Spain / Catalonia
Playa Waikiki
Playa Waikiki is a beach facing east in La Pineda (Catalonia, Spain). The sea averages 25.8 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.1 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa Waikiki
Beach-day index 6.7/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.7 °C | 13.1 °C | 13.4 °C | 14.7 °C | 17.3 °C | 21.2 °C | 24.4 °C | 25.8 °C | 24.2 °C | 21.3 °C | 17.7 °C | 15.2 °C |
| High °C | 11° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 31° | 30° | 26° | 21° | 15° | 11° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 31 | 26 | 40 | 51 | 46 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 53 | 62 | 52 | 28 |
| Cloud % | 62 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 33 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 63 |
| Wind m/s | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Daylight h | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| Record high/low | 20°/-8° | 23°/-8° | 26°/-5° | 31°/-1° | 35°/2° | 40°/7° | 39°/10° | 39°/11° | 37°/5° | 31°/-0° | 24°/-4° | 19°/-6° |
| Beach index | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–September; July scores 9.5/10 with highs of 31 °C, sea at 24.4 °C and 24 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.0 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.6 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.5 °C, cooler than 53% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (62 mm) and July the driest (24 mm); the yearly total is about 470 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:34 and sets at 21:27 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (100°). Open water fills about 25% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 239° to 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 35 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 23 m above sea level 500 m inland and 41 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 39% built-up land, 25% tree cover and 25% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 27% of that circle.
- Built 39%
- Tree 25%
- Grass 25%
- Shrub 5%
- Bare 5%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Playa Del Rac? Pm1”, 720 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
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From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 60Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 10Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 28Hotels & guesthouses
- 4Grocery shops
- 17Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 42 restaurants, 2 cafés, 15 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 28 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Ferrariland attraction 770 m W
Nature
- la Cadeneta peak 650 m SW
- La Sèquia Major nature reserve 980 m NE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reus Airport Reus | REU | 8.2 km | north |
| Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport Barcelona | BCN | 79.4 km | east |
| Lleida-Alguaire Airport Lleida | ILD | 90.3 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 17 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station SésamoAventura Station (2.0 km), rail station Estació del Nord (2.1 km) and 10 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 250.3K residents); within 30 km there are 42 (about 451.2K).
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 17.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_31TCF_20250814_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES514M171848).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 720 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.